A Professional Training Institute

PMP or PRINCE2

Choosing a certificate course for the IT industry is one of the smartest moves in the history of your career. It helps you attain a way lot more than you can imagine. The question here though is not if you would choose a certificate course or not, because any ways you would have to, but the question that arises here is that what course you would choose. The best two courses that people are generally confused in choosing are the PMP course and PRINCE2 course respectively. Both are exceptional in their own way.

A knowledgeable comparison between PMP and PRINCE2:

The purpose of this article is to help to choose between one of these courses, though both are equally good. Lets evaluate the exceptional characteristics of all three, The PMP course, The PRINCE2 Foundation course and the PRINCE2 Practitioner courses in the below stated points.

PMP Course:

– This course is mainly common in countries like USA, Canada, Middle East and Australia.
– This exam has 200 multiple choice questions with a time limit of 240 minutes to itself with no extra time provided.
– This exam is an examination where there is no policy of open book examination pattern.
– The pass marks required to clear this exam is around 62%, which is not disclosed personally, and has to be attempted in an allotted exam centre.
– Prerequisites have to be cleared in order to clear the course. A prior experience of 3 years as a project manager or of 5 years only if has not completed the 4 year degree course.
– Also 4500 hours of leading and managing projects and 7500 hours if not over with the 4 year degree course would be a criterion to be met. 35 hours of formal project management would also be necessary.
– Renewal after every 3 years is a necessity for this certificate.

PRINCE2 Foundation Course:

– This PRINCE2 course is mainly common in countries like UK, Europe, and Australia.
– This exam has 75 multiple choice questions with a time limit of 60 minutes and 15 minutes of extra time is provided.
– The pass marks required to clear this exam is around 50%.
– There is no expiration for this certificate.
– A formal training may be required for the prerequisite.

PRINCE2 Practitioner Course:

– This course is mainly common in countries like UK, Europe, and Australia.
– This exam has 8×10 objective questions with a time limit of 150 minutes and 30 minutes of extra time is provided.
– The pass marks required to clear this exam is around 55%.
– There is an expiration of 3-5 years for this certificate.
– A formal training may be required for the prerequisite.
– It permits an open book examination policy.

With all the above explanations on the characteristics of these certificates one must be very clear in thought as to which course might prove to be more beneficial for them. It will reduce their effort of choosing the course that will suit their interest the most.